Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year (apnews.com)
Union: 4 Florida police officers indicted for 2019 shootout that left UPS driver and passerby dead (apnews.com)
Malawi's vice president and 9 others have died in a plane crash, the president says (apnews.com)
Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51....
Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debate (apnews.com)
A Georgia congressional candidate convicted of a misdemeanor for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican on Sunday ahead of a June 18 primary runoff....
UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there....
Japan's economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (apnews.com)
Japan's economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (apnews.com)
Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens after bridge collapse (apnews.com)
The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which blocked most maritime traffic into the harbor....
Trump to make taped remarks to a Christian group that calls for abortion to be 'eradicated entirely' (apnews.com)
Donald Trump on Monday will make a virtual appearance before a Christian group that calls for abortion to be “eradicated entirely,” as the presumptive Republican nominee again takes on an issue that Democrats want to make a focus of this year’s presidential election....
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz (apnews.com)
A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president has gone missing and a search is underway (apnews.com)
A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said....
Nationalist parties, far-left on the rise ahead of Sunday’s federal elections in Belgium (apnews.com)
BRUSSELS (AP) — The last time federal elections were held in Belgium in 2019, it took nearly 18 months before a new prime minister could be sworn in to lead a seven-party coalition government....
Florida man pleads not guilty to kidnapping his estranged wife from her apartment in Spain (apnews.com)
A Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors questioned his sale of several properties shortly before she disappeared, saying millions in proceeds would allow him to flee if he were released on bail....
Oregon closes more coastal shellfish harvesting due to 'historic high levels' of toxins (apnews.com)
Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise....
What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier's first hearing in more than a decade (apnews.com)
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has a parole hearing Monday at a federal prison in Florida....
Martha's Vineyard is about to run out of pot. That's led to a lawsuit and a scramble by regulators (apnews.com)
Ukraine says it struck one of Russia's most advanced warplanes (apnews.com)
Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front lines, after its Western allies allowed Kyiv to use their weapons for limited strikes inside Russia....
Scientists have traced the origin of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago (apnews.com)
Scientists have traced the ancestry of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago and quickly became dominant across Eurasia.
Migrants are rattled and unsure as US deportations begin under new rule halting asylum (apnews.com)
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Documents reveal horror of Maine's deadliest mass shooting (apnews.com)
US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine, officials say (apnews.com)
The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault....
Pope Francis appeals for urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza and backs cease-fire proposals (apnews.com)
Pope Francis appeals for urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza and backs cease-fire proposals (apnews.com)
Large chunk of Wyoming's Teton Pass road collapses; unclear how quickly it can be rebuilt (apnews.com)
A large chunk of a twisting mountain pass road collapsed in Wyoming, authorities said Saturday, leaving a gaping chasm in the highway and severing a well-traveled commuter link between small towns in eastern Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson....
Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed (apnews.com)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza amid the military’s heavy air and ground assault. At least 210 dead Palestinians, including children, were brought to local hospitals, a health...
